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Our systems, perhaps,...

Our systems, perhaps,...

Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults --a gigantic scaffolding whose...

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To be always...

To be always...

To be always ready a man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied.

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The wretched of...

The wretched of...

The wretched of the earth do not decide to become extinct, they resolve, on the contrary, to multiply: life is their...

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ECCENTRICITY, n. A...

ECCENTRICITY, n. A...

ECCENTRICITY, n. A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ it to accentuate their...

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IN'ARDS, n. The...

IN'ARDS, n. The...

IN'ARDS, n. The stomach, heart, soul and other bowels.

Source: The Devil's...

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IMPIETY, n. Your...

IMPIETY, n. Your...

IMPIETY, n. Your irreverence toward my deity.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...

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INJURY, n. An...

INJURY, n. An...

INJURY, n. An offense next in degree of enormity to a slight.

Source: The Devil's...

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INTIMACY, n. A...

INTIMACY, n. A...

INTIMACY, n. A relation into which fools are providentially drawn for their mutual...

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INTRODUCTION, n. A...

INTRODUCTION, n. A...

INTRODUCTION, n. A social ceremony invented by the devil for the gratification of his servants and the plaguing of his...

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JEALOUS, adj. Unduly...

JEALOUS, adj. Unduly...

JEALOUS, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth...

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EDUCATION, n. That...

EDUCATION, n. That...

EDUCATION, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of...

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ELEGY, n. A...

ELEGY, n. A...

ELEGY, n. A composition in verse, in which, without employing any of the methods of humor, the writer aims to produce...

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DISABUSE, v.t. To...

DISABUSE, v.t. To...

DISABUSE, v.t. To present your neighbor with another and better error than the one which he has deemed advantageous to...

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EPIGRAM, n. A...

EPIGRAM, n. A...

EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by...

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FLAG, n. A...

FLAG, n. A...

FLAG, n. A colored rag borne above troops and hoisted on forts and ships. It appears to serve the same purpose as...

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GNU, n. An...

GNU, n. An...

GNU, n. An animal of South Africa, which in its domesticated state resembles a horse, a buffalo and a stag. In its...

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HAND, n. A...

HAND, n. A...

HAND, n. A singular instrument worn at the end of the human arm and commonly thrust into somebody's...

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INDECISION, n. The...

INDECISION, n. The...

INDECISION, n. The chief element of success . . . for he who from indecision standeth still hath not so many chances...

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INCOMPATIBILITY, n. In...

INCOMPATIBILITY, n. In...

INCOMPATIBILITY, n. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination. Incompatibility may,...

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INCUMBENT, n. A...

INCUMBENT, n. A...

INCUMBENT, n. A person of the liveliest interest to the outcumbents.

Source: The...

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